Golden Globes: Behind the Scenes

Tonight, The Golden Globes were held on NBC with Ricky Gervais as host. The show was a bit long, but overall, pretty enjoyable...with some deserving folks winning some of the biggest awards of the night. It's always fun to see Hollywood celebrities tipsy and accepting awards.

Some friends of mine asked me to 'spoil the secrets' behind The Golden Globes and share what goes on behind the scenes. If you are curious in learning some of the lesser known facts about the awards show, continue reading on! They aren't really 'spoilers' or anything, but rather, fun facts about what happens behind closed doors.

For starters, all of the celebrities in the room are starving when the show starts. It is literally one giant room of hungry stars. Waiters remove all the food before 5 pm regardless of whether the stars make it to their tables beforehand to eat or not. Why? The producers do not want the sounds of knives and forks clacking in the background of the show. Furthermore, we don't need to see celebs with potatoes hanging out of their mouth on camera.

Another fun fact is that the ballroom (where they hold the show) is EXTREMELY LOUD! Near the end of the show, it became easier to hear on TV. It's something the critics hit every year in their post show reviews, and often times, celebrities make mention of it, as well. The loudest crowd is the group of folks in the back of the ballroom, where guests are allowed to hang out, mingle, and drink. Security guards are asked by production to act as ushers during the show and 'shush' celebrities that are talking loudly during the broadcast, but this often has little or no impact on what people will inevitably continue doing. The sound engineer who manages to keep all the noise out of this telecast deserves an Emmy, without question.

And of course, like any good awards show, seat fillers are always standing by and ready to fill seats at a moments notice when celebrities step out of the room. BUT! Believe it or not, The Golden Globes has the lowest number of seat fillers used every year. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that celebrities can have drinks at the seats during the show??? Hmmm...

In case you are curious, here is a shot of the Red Carpet DURING this years broadcast (once everyone was inside the ballroom, obviously). Pretty big, eh?

Lastly, in case you were wondering, when Christian Bale was accepting the first award of the evening, he was censored for his colorful use of the "s word", when he said that Robert DeNiro was 'the shit'. Oops. You gotta love live TV!

It's exciting to see Awards Show Season in full force! Who's exciting for the upcoming SAG Awards?! or The Grammys?! or better yet...The Oscars!! Stay tuned for more updates :)